Homiletical Helps
Current Homiletical Helps articles which appeared in Concordia Journal
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Proper 24 • Isaiah 45:1–7 • October 19, 2014
By William Carr I struggle with the notion that some part of Isaiah, mainly Isaiah 40 and following, is “addressed to the sixth century,” an idea that…
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Proper 23 • Isaiah 25:6–9 • October 12, 2014
By David I. Lewis Today’s OT text is found in the section of Isaiah known as “the Isaiah Apocalypse” (Is 24–27). This “apocalypse” follows upon the oracles…
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Proper 22 • Isaiah 5:1–7 • October 5, 2014
By Dale Meyer Maybe you’ve walked through a garden and seen these words, “The kiss of the sun for pardon, the song of the birds for mirth,…
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Proper 21 • Ezekiel 18:1–4, 25–32 • September 28, 2014
By Kent Burreson The Just Way of God “The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” This phrase leads Yahweh through…
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Proper 20 • Isaiah 55:6–9 • September 21, 2014
By Thomas Egger Better ways, better thoughts. The ways and thoughts of God are immeasurably better than the ways and thoughts of sinful people. God therefore calls…
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Proper 19 • Genesis 50:15–21 • September 14, 2014
By Paul Philp A lot has happened since Joseph’s brothers left him for dead in the desert. The brothers have been reunited with Joseph, and now their…
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Proper 18 • Ezekiel 33:7–9 • September 7, 2014
By David Wollenburg I actually cringe every time I encounter this text. It isn’t that I don’t like it, or don’t understand what is being said. It…
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Proper 17 • Jeremiah 15:15–21 • August 31, 2014
Editor’s note: The following homiletical help is adapted from Concordia Journal, July 1999. By Ernest Bernet On the second Sunday after Pentecost we heard Jeremiah…
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Proper 16 • Isaiah 51:1–6 • August 24, 2014
By Francis C. Rossow This passage is about the end times in which the gospel is not only present (as it is in all such readings) but…